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EPICA Singer's Illness Forces Madrid, Lisbon Cancellations

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have issued the following update: "With pain in our hearts, we have to announce that the EPICA shows in Madrid [Saturday, October 31] and Lisbon [Sunday, November 1] are cancelled. Simone [Simons] has no voice and the specialised doctor told her to be s...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Vocalist Russell Allen of U.S. progressive metallers SYMPHONY X has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. So far Tobias has confirmed the following musicians to be part of the forthcoming AVANTASIA opus: *...

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EPICA, AMBERIAN DAWN In Milan: Photos Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded 40 photos of Dutch female-fronted band EPICA and their opening act, Finnish opera rockers AMBERIAN DAWN, performing at Club Alcatraz in Milan on Tuesday, October 27. Epica Amberian Dawn Also available are photos from MetalItalia.com. EPICA's setlist was as...

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AVANTASIA's Next Chapter Will Be Spread Over Two Albums

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has decided that the forthcoming chapter from his AVANTASIA project will be spread over two albums. He explained: "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in AVANTASIA's history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer Performs With EPICA At METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST; Video Available

Former AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen joined EPICA (featuring ex-AFTER FOREVER guitarist Mark Jansen [no relation to Floor]) on stage at the Metal Female Voices Fest VII on October 17 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium to perform the AFTER FOREVER song "Follow In The Cry". Fan-filmed video footag...

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EPICA: Acoustic Performance Of 'This Is The Time' Posted Online

Video footage of EPICA's Simone Simons and Isaac Delahaye performing an acoustic version of the song "This Is The Time" (which was written for the World Wildlife Fund) during a fan-club meeting on October 9, 2009 at Escape in Veenendaal, The Netherlands can be viewed below. EPICA performed the band'...

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FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING To Release New Album This Week

German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING will release their long-awaited fourth album, "The Everhaunting Past / Chapter IV - A Splendid Retrospection", on October 16 via Cyclone Empire Records. The CD's cover artwork, which was once again created by Sascha Ehrich, can be viewed below. "The Eve...

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EPICA: New Audio Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen of the Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA. The entire 20-minute chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. EPICA performed the band's new album, "Design Your Universe", in its...

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EPICA: Footage From 'Design Your Universe' CD-Release Party Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA performed their new album, "Design Your Universe", in its entirety at the sold-out record-release party this past Saturday night (October 10) at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland. The band will also play all of the new CD on November 6 at the first of two...

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EPICA: Performance Footage Of New Songs Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA performing two new songs during last night's (Friday, October 9) concert at Escape in Veenendaal, The Netherlands can be viewed below. EPICA will perform its new album, "Design Your Universe", in its entirety on November 6 at...

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MAT SINNER Continuing Work On KISKE/SOMERVILLE Project

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske is collaborating with American singer Amanda Somerville on a brand new melodic hard rock/metal project for Frontiers Records. Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and Magnus Karlsson (PLACE VENDOME, PRIMAL FEAR) are handling most of the songwriting for the CD, whi...

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EPICA Guitarist Discusses 'Kingdom Of Heaven' Writing Process

Holland's FaceCulture has uploaded video footage of guitarist Mark Jansen of Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA discussing the writing process for the song "Kingdom of Heaven (A New Age Dawns - Part V)", which appears on the band's new album, "Design Your Universe". Watch the clip below....

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ANDRÉ MATOS: 'Mentalize' Audio Samples Available

Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "Mentalize", the second solo album from Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER),are available for streaming at this location. Full-length versions of four songs — "The Myriad", "I Will Return", "Mentalize" and "When The Sun Cried Out" —...

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EPICA To Perform Entire New Album At Paris Concert

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will perform their entire new album, "Design Your Universe", on November 6 at the first of two shows at Élysée Montmartre in Paris, France. The band will also play all of the new CD at the sold-out record-release party on October 10 at Paradiso in Amste...

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EPICA: 'Martyr' Audio Sample Posted Online

A three-minute audio sample of the new EPICA track "Martyr of the Free Word" can be streamed using the audio player below. The song comes off the Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers' new album, "Design Your Universe", which is due in Europe on October 16 . The follow-up to 2007's "The Divine Co...